appearance Archives - The Race Card Project

My natural hair is not disrespectful.

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Lunia Collado Cranston, RI As an adult, I’ve been living between the US and the Dominican Republic. While in the US, curly/kinky hair is not usually a big deal, it definitely can be, and is often perceived as unprofessional for situations such as job interviews and media appearances. In the Dominican Republic, the issue of […]

Why do people assume from appearance?

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Michael Fredette American Canyon, CA

First question asked: Where’re you from?

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Rayna Rochester, MN People of other skin colors can be from America too. Even though it’s probably not meant to be offensive, it is a little irritating when strangers repeatedly ask this question when I meet them, just because of my appearance.

Educated people know my internal appearance

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Minsang Kang Long Island City, NY

Life is unchanging revolving around race

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Andie Sandy Springs, GA Everyone always judges based on appearance this one this remains the same as life goes on.

We are all shades of brown.

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Paul Ruscher Eugene, OR Explore Identity It is time to ignore appearance…it facilitates judging others. I am a father of 11 including 5 adopted kids and I love them all and wish others did. but my biological kids (Caucasian) have always been more accepted than my darker complected ones (adopted from India and some from […]

Because I’m White, I’m presumed racist.

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Robert C. Reynolds Sapulpa, OK All races and societies have racist individuals. Yet because I am caucasian, I feel I am singled out, profiled as a racist by non-whites, merely because of my appearance. That is as wrong as any profiling of hoodie-wearing black youth as up to no good. Who speaks up on my […]

Appearance judgments – Yesterday Asian / Tomorrow Caucasian

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Teresita Tomita Gant Kailua-Kona, HI When I lived in the continental US, I found people generally judged me by the way I looked. When I was little, I looked more Asian so that’s the way I was treated. With the passage of time, my appearance has changed. Some persons think I’m white so the way […]

Altering appearance hoping for acceptance, celebration.

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Jenny Rickard Ann Arbor, MI

You don’t look like you’re Chinese.

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Jess Washington DC My mom is Chinese. My dad is white. I am half-Chinese, but my appearance is ambiguous. I feel like I have to “come out” as half-Chinese in certain contexts. For instance, being part of a group of people who acknowledge lack of diversity or a group of people SEEKING diversity. Race is […]